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• Re: post mounted 'police' spot lights...... illegal?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:12:12 -0700
  dear spot light there are many taxis and delivery vehicles with spot light attached to help address search ... Hat removed to talk through ... opinion...
• Re: Insurance value (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:28:09 -0700
  when one of my vehicles got totaled my insurance (state farm) and the other insurance company (geico) both computed the value about the same...
• Re: Towing with Uhaul 4-wheel dolly?/now weight
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 9 Dec 2004 07:23:08 -0800
  ...Trailer, tow vehicle, and > vehicle in tow, passengers, tools, dog, fat wife, etc. One > pound over, have an accident, and you'll lose your...
• Re: classic auto insurance loop to save cash
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:25:31 -0500
  ...Be forewarned that there are specific limitations on how you use the car if you register it as a "historical vehicle" like this. From...
• and to add..Re: here is a stumper..two VIN's on the dash?? anyone ever heard?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:12:11 EST
  ...the vehicle in question's two dash VIN's are IDENTICAL, except for the ZZZ's on the poprivited one; and that the driver...
• reno shops
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Thu, 9 Sep 2010 08:21:52 -0700
  I'm doing a long distance vehicle evaluation of a westy for sale in Reno. I am thinking of using Automotion Compact Cars for...
• Almost a Westie (Those Vixen MHs)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:29:28 -0700
  ...I know nothing about the vehicles or the listed site but indeed, that vehicle looks like it could be considered "a fancy rich cousin...
• Re: '85 not level?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 2 Nov 2002 10:58:54 -0500
  > The shocks have nothing to do with sag or vehicle > height. That's strickly a spring thing. The shocks > only serve to dampen up...
• Re: Vanagon templates for vehicle graphics
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 22:20:48 -0800
  ...understanding this thread .. > what is a wrap for a van > colour me lost ... > yours Vinyl vehicle wraps used for advertising and such, Roger. BenT
• Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 05:23:59 -0600
  ...If I have a very unslippery vehicle with a coefficient of 1 (flat surface) and a slippery vehicle of .5 and the surface area...
• Re: Lots of talk about Rust...
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 07:36:50 -0400
  ...The advantage this has, to rust your vehicle, is that it is on the inside of your vehicle by way of the air. Its...
• Re: Towing?
  Historical mailing list - t
  Thu, 11 May 2000 10:01:34 -0700
  ...Both vehicles have standard transmission. > > Is there such a thing as a bar that would connect the two hitches together > (bar with a ball...
• Re: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:46:13 -0700
  ...The feds, by the Interstate Commerce clause, > can legitimately control requirements for vehicles involved in > interstate commerce. All others, nope, that's up to...
• Re: Too many vehicles?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:02:03 -0400
  Running completely off topic (I've been accumulating vehicles too). I dropped in at a service place yesterday (dropped off one of my cars...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 15:22:31 -0700
  ...These vehicles have > proven themselves > well in frontal (and rear-end) accidents; they are > extremely strong, > and use the other vehicle as a crush...
• Re: real explanation regarding why imports to canada are barred
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 16:58:25 -0700
  Bringing an older vehicle into the counrty is subject to a variety of different regulations in the same way beer and wine are taxed...
• Re: Suckers beware: Re: Interesting item on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:32:03 -0600
  ...The buyer >>> will recieve the Vehicle, Vehicle Title, and Bill of sale. >>> If the buyer wants to have the vehicle shipped to his...
• Re: Vanagon in Upstate New York
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 07:40:54 EST
  ...Have the vehicle professionally checked-out by someone who has your best interest in mind. Although mileage can be a good indicator of vehicle...
• Recall of 1991 Vanagon - Fire danger
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Sat, 11 Jan 1997 13:54:15 -0800 (PST)
  ...VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA ERRONEOUSLY INCLUDED 1985 THROUGH 1989 VANAGONMODEL VEHICLES IN THIS RECALL. THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT PART OF THIS CAMPAIGN.SUPPLEMENT 92V058001 INFORMATION...
• Re: Back to. Re: Just like a Vanagon, but modern..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:47:19 -0800
  ...in fact they often perform in a more effective and environmentally friendly fashion that the vehicles we are legally allowed to own and drive...
• Re: Tire Load Index
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 13:30:11 -0800
  ...english/mvsr120.html] Motor Vehicle Safety Act Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations Standard 120 Tire Selection and Rims for Vehicles Other Than Passenger Cars 120...
• RV Registration (Was Fw: Alcohol Consmption In Westies! (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:40:53 -0700
  ...What difference did it make in classifying the vehicle as an RV? I just registered my Syncro and it cost me damned near $1...
• Here's my problem with Insurance! Too many vehicles.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Tue, 3 Jun 2003 14:40:35 -0500
  ...I have to pay $164.00 every six months per vehicle. While this still works out to much less than a new car payment...
• Towing a Vanagon - Tow Dolly
  Historical mailing list - Various
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 11:34:51 -0300
  Volks, Just to let everybody know, you cannot tow a unplated vehicle on a tow dolly without a transit from your local DOT (throughout...
• a/c in a doka
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Feb 2010 03:05:47 EST
  saw this on gowestys site... _http://www.gowesty.com/vehicle_details.php?id=1263_ (http://www.gowesty.com/vehicle_details.php?id=1263) this...
• How to check your California Vehicle's Smog Check History
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 22 Nov 2001 08:26:43 EST
  ...Go to the site and enter your license number or vehicle ID number. http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/stdPAge.asp?Body=/ActiveStns/pubtstqry.htm...
• Got glass
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Jantz
  Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:20:27 -0700
  ...This experience showed me how scarce the "donor" vehicles have become even in the bone yard in the Wichita area. I had to let...
• Re: Some used Vanagon parts duty-free? (under NAFTA)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:35:22 -0800
  ...9966.00.00 is also to provide duty- > > free importation of articles for use in vehicles that would qualify > > for consideration under this tariff...
• Re: Electric Panel Wagens
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Tue, 18 Mar 1997 14:16:08 -0500
  ...Someobody posted some great web recources for electric vehicles. I can forward the post to you if you didn't catch it. tony ---------- > From...
• Re: Vanagon Reliability
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 06:51:22 EST
  ...Lynnda, glad to see you sold your Syncro, sorry about dragging my feet.> I am very much interested in obtaining one of these vehicles...
• Extraordinary "ALMOST" ONE OWNER 88 Westy For Sale - SOLD
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:26:53 -0700
  ...A couple of months ago, I made a posting about this vehicle being for sale. Their was a great deal of interest and it...
• Re: Old Cars and engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:47:29 -0800
  The current CA law is vehicles 1975 and earlier are exempt from emission testing. For now at least. But there's a catch to...
• Re: Question: Westfalia purchase (eConsignmentShop.com)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 18:41:14 -0500
  ...the vehicle to the location I specify > (within 1000 miles of their warehouse facility); > 3) I have seven days to evaluate the vehicle and...
• Re: Friday NVC: European Union switch to diesel not working so well
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 20 Jun 2014 10:58:18 -0700
  ...Remember "Cash for Clunkers?" that took a lot of great old vehicles out of service and got them replaced with the "new, disposable vehicles...
• Re: dual fuel conversion (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Schneider
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 07:24:02 -0700
  ...seeing a Ford Excursion driving around with a 3 gal propane tank! Alternative Fuel Vehicle my rear.. and they get to use the HOV...
• Re: I need advice/help getting a letter of conformity
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 5 Feb 2005 22:23:40 -0700
  ...Most vehicles in this class never make it out of the bonding yard. The costs are extremely prohibitive. If a vehicle that has been...
• Re: Tips on passing emissions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:05:55 -0500
  ---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > Right, but by that logic the funnel should have been used on all vehicles to be equal conditions...
• Fw: 1972 Bus good parts vehicle $400 obo....
  Historical mailing list - Everett Barnes
  Thu, 14 Aug 1997 12:33:27 -0700
  Passing it on: > 1972 Bus good parts vehicle $400 obo. > --------------- > This bus will be a good parts vehicle or perhaps a vehicle to restore...
• Re: new vanagon ownership question
  Historical mailing list - James Bowen
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:50:15 -0400
  ...For the sale to be legal, the vehicle registration must be current. You'll retain the Texas licence plates (they transfer with the vehicle...
• Vehiclepower.com $$$$$$
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:16:01 -0500
  Thank you for contacting us at */Vehiclepower.com/* regarding our mobile AC power system. Our patented system offers unique advantages over competitive products for...
• Re: Rubber
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 22 Sep 2014 21:51:59 -0400
  If anyone ever has to do any paintwork to this vehicle you will hear them cursing for miles. Silicone is the worst thing to...
• '83 paint code
  Historical mailing list - Nate Richmond
  Wed, 24 May 2000 23:38:40 EDT
  I have been searching high and low and can not find my vehicle paint code. Vehicle is an '83 air-cooled Westy and is...
• Re: Importing a vehicle to USA - need advice
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:51:56 -0700
  ...kookymathteacher.com> wrote: > > Hello Volks, > I am thinking about importing a vehicle from either Canada or Germany to > USA. Anyone have any experience doing...
• Re: Is this deal to good to be true?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:28:40 -0700
  Sure strikes me a an odd vehicle choice for a scam ad. Seems like there's only a tiny subset of vehicle aficionados who...
• Re: here is a stumper....two VIN's on the dash??? anyone ever heard of that?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 22:36:10 -0800
  ...Canadian Market vehicles have the same VIN structure as the US Market vehicle, the dash VIN will not have ZZZ in it. All European...
• Re: question about carat/wolfsburg "lowering" springs
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 22 May 2006 19:40:54 -0700
  ...Measuring the height of the vehicle proves little since they > could have lived much different lives and the springs could be sagged. > Any vehicle...
• Microbus Concept in Production says this website...
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:03:35 -0400
  ...Günter Lenz, Chairman of the Works Council Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, said: " The Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles team put up a marvellous fight to win this...
• Re: Rear Vents
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:15:52 -0400
  ...I vote for George Chapman's explanation about the rear vents "allowing a slight release of pressure within the vehicle when swinging the door...
• Quattro versus Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 13:41:46 -0700
  ...What other vehicles use a VC? I usually think of the Vanagon syncro as an AWD vehicle, not an off road -4WD vehicle, what...
• Re: South Africa Vanagaon
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:00:25 -0700
  ...Motor Vehicle Safety Act (the Act)), a motor >vehicle that was not originally manufactured to conform to all >applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards...
• Heroes needed to collect data points
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Fri, 27 Nov 1998 00:33:57 -0600
  ...Both the tow vehicle and the test vehicle should have communication radios. CBs or hand held radios would do. We need an accurate, easily...
• Re: Buying with a bill of sale only
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:14:02 -0700
  ...Some States do not require or have titles or older vehicles. Just because a vehicle is being sold with a Bill-of-Sale only...
• Re: Vanagons as electric vehicles and other stuff....
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 6 May 2008 08:29:27 -0700
  ...The issue is that you need a certain percentage of the vehicle's weight in batteries. A bigger vehicle, more batteries. The performance remains...
• Re: Vehicle Names
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:40:53 -0700
  ...Do people really refer to your > vehicles by name? For instance, do you say things like: "Let's take Pinky > to the hardware store...
• Re: Import restrictions
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 14 May 1999 15:32:32 -0400
  I am under the impression these restrictions are limited to production or importing of vehicles in quantities of more then 200. Eric 86-VW4x4...
• EVC or Westy Syncro ... Ultimate Trip Vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 05:43:12 -0700
  ...Which Vehicle do you feel would be the best overall choice. Assume both vehicles have been properly prepped and reconditioned prior to embarkation. Trip...
• Re: Tires ? can't seem to find size anywhere
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:41:57 -0700
  At 2:10 PM -0500 7/28/03, John Rodgers wrote: >DO NOT PUT PASSENGER VEHICLE TIRES ON A VANAGON !!!!!! Sorry, but I can...
• Re: Stuck Defrost Fan
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:20:23 -0400
  ...Or at least through a beefier switch, but the industry standards balance out with the cheapest components going into the vehicles that will allow...
• Re: Looking for trip planning suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:01:54 +0000
  I heard GoWesty is no longer servicing vehicles (unless it's one of theirs). So go to buy stuff but don't expect service...
• Re: Security and Friday, was: List fixed (I hope)
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:56:13 -0500
  >not just ONE but TWO beds in the back of our vehicles... "and Mr. Bulley, can >you explain exactly why you and your wife...